Source Consulting is a privately owned logistics consulting and solution provider that applies relevant cost recovery and shipping cost reduction services within the small parcel and freight industries. Since 2004, Source Consulting has been helping companies with high shipping volumes to reduce transportation costs and streamline the logistics process. Our team of highly experienced former carrier employees and innovative technologies deliver maximum small parcel and freight cost savings for clients all over the country.
2. The Challenges Shippers Face
Transportation Costs Increasing
Transportation Costs
vs. Total Sales Revenue
Transportation Costs
Equivalent to 10% of
Total Sales Revenue
Surcharges
Accessorial Charges
How Do You
Shipping Rates ReduceYour
TransportationSpend?
Carrier Your
Revenues Profit Margins
3. Dealing With The Additional Costs
Source Consulting is a privately owned logistics consulting
Source Consulting Is The Answer and solution provider that applies relevant cost recovery and
shipping cost reduction services within the small parcel and
freight industries.
Since 2004, Source Consulting has been helping companies
with high shipping volumes to reduce transportation costs
and streamline the logistics process. Our team of highly
experienced former carrier employees and innovative
technologies deliver maximum small parcel and freight cost
savings for clients all over the country reduce freight costs.
• Industry Knowledge and Experience
Source Consulting’s reputation is substantiated by a long list
• Resource Tools and Analytics of satisfied clients and the results produced by our shipping
cost reduction solutions.
• Benchmarking Abilities
• Systems and Efficiencies
• Inc. 500 Top Growing Private Company
4. Source Consulting
CARRIER BILL & CARRIER RATE ANALYSIS & CUSTOM LOGISTICS
SERVICE AUDITING NEGOTIATIONS CONSULTING PROJECTS
5. Carrier Bill & Service Auditing
Our Audit Process
Does your company have a system and process in place to validate every
transportation and accessorial charge that appears on your carrier shipping
invoice? Virtually every invoice contains misapplied accessorial charges, rate
errors, duplicate charges, and/or charges for shipments delivered outside the
carrier's service guarantee(s).
Source Consulting guarantees to reduce freight costs with our transportation
audit solutions, which include: UPS auditing, FedEx auditing, truck (TL & LTL)
6%
auditing, ocean freight auditing, rail freight auditing, and air freight auditing. As Potential Loss
a standard feature to our parcel audit and freight audit services we offer an On Each Carrier Invoice
extensive suite of logistics reports that are accessible to customers online via Due To Errors
SourceREPORTS.
We contend that of all freight audit companies, Source Consulting provides the
most significant cost saving results and the most useful freight audit reporting
solutions in the marketplace.
The experienced freight auditors at Source Consulting will manage the carrier audit refund process to make certain you do not
overpay your small parcel carriers, truck freight carriers, ocean freight carriers, rail freight carriers, and/or air freight carriers.
All of our logistics audit solutions are an ongoing trial with no long-term contractual commitments. Source Consulting guarantees
that our freight bill audit services will reduce shipping costs.
6. Carrier Bill & Service Auditing
The Steps to Substantial Savings
Source Provides Customer with a
Source Receives Recovered Credits are Detailed Itemization of all Audit
Customer’s Carrier Invoice. Applied to a Future UPS Credit Refunds Recovered
Source Audits Carrier Invoice Invoice Source Emails a Bill to Customer
for a % of Savings Recovered
7. Carrier Rate Analysis & Negotiations
Maximize Your Profits!
The most effective way to reduce freight shipping costs is to modify your current
small parcel freight contracts. It is common knowledge that the small parcel
carriers sell freight shipping contracts that maximize carrier profit.
UPS contracts and FedEx contracts include numerous variables that determine
the final small parcel freight shipping costs of a package. A small change in an
accessorial charge, carrier tariff schedule, service incentive, deferred incentive,
minimum net charge, or carrier surcharge can substantially reduce shipping
38%
costs. Potential Reduction
In Shipping Costs Utilizing
The carrier contract pricing experts at Source Consulting use highly developed Our Negotiation
analytic software and industry knowledge to benchmark and compare current Services
FedEx contracts and UPS contracts versus what is available in the marketplace.
Source Consulting's freight contract negotiation team will help your company
modify current freight contracts and will guarantee to significantly reduce freight
costs.
8. Carrier Rate Analysis & Negotiations
The Solution
Source Consulting will perform an analysis of your current shipping characteristics and rates in order to identify cost saving
opportunities. We will develop a customized strategy to help improve your incentives, accessorial fees, and contract structure.
The team at Source will guide the negotiation process in order to achieve pre-determined cost saving objectives.
Source Consulting’s analytics, industry expertise and unique approach to carrier negotiations have resulted in clients achieving a
7%-38% reduction in shipping costs.
